2006

SniperD · 4th January 2006

Rainy start to the year

Comments welcome!

AReality · 5th January 2006

Doesn't work.. really.

I prefer the dolphin above the national stadium one.

SniperD · 5th January 2006

hahaha..okie but again, that's in 2004

zaren · 5th January 2006

i like the mood of the shot, and the minimalist feel. i think it would even be better if you went all the way with minimalism, isolated the main church steeple and cropped the rest away, in a vertical pano format to complement the vertical form of the steeple. it's as if the cross above the steeple is fending off the mass of evil black clouds that threaten to crush it from above.

e.g.

SniperD · 5th January 2006

thanks Zaren

can see that you are seeing very differently than when you first began.

I wanted to try that crop initially but that would be falling back to my old style besides, it's really about showing the scene than isolating the meaning (maybe too strong of a statement to be made) of the shot to the a/m crop

but thanks for showing me a different angle to the scene!

AReality · 5th January 2006

it still doesn't convey it's 2006.

SniperD · 5th January 2006

Originally Posted by AReality

it still doesn't convey it's 2006.

ohh... well there's never a literal meaning in my pics so how to say it, guess it's just how I interpret the start of the year.. hahaha..

arttl · 5th January 2006

Very Ron-style!!

w.s · 5th January 2006

nice@

start 2006 with a face smiling in the clouds

must be a good sign!

SniperD · 5th January 2006

Originally Posted by w.s

nice@

start 2006 with a face smiling in the clouds must be a good sign!

wah... I din even notice leh.. heheheheh

kernel · 5th January 2006

wow, there's indeed a smiley face in the cloud. Perhaps you can boost the contrast more to show it. anyway, i like it. indeed it is very your style.

zaren · 5th January 2006

wow! i can see it now! forget about cropping the pic!

SniperD · 5th January 2006

hmmm....

eadwine · 6th January 2006

i agree...its very Ron haha. took me awhile to see the face. nice one there man, have got to take my camera out for a walk to get away from the other stuff haha.

SniperD · 6th January 2006

Angel in the clouds?

thanks man... ahhh, give me a call on Friday afternoon.. meet U in town if you want, should be going KT

ernie_ng81 · 7th January 2006

Hey Ron! hows it going?

I feel like I see a swan in your clouds.

4th January 2006	#1
SniperD Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Behind the viewfinder... Posts: 5,954	2006 Rainy start to the year Comments welcome! __________________ EYE-DEAS Last edited by SniperD; 4th January 2006 at 10:54 PM.

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AReality Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 4,390	Re: 2006 Doesn't work.. really. I prefer the dolphin above the national stadium one. __________________ . The Visual Journalist

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SniperD Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Behind the viewfinder... Posts: 5,954	Re: 2006 hahaha..okie but again, that's in 2004 __________________ EYE-DEAS

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zaren Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,689	Re: 2006 i like the mood of the shot, and the minimalist feel. i think it would even be better if you went all the way with minimalism, isolated the main church steeple and cropped the rest away, in a vertical pano format to complement the vertical form of the steeple. it's as if the cross above the steeple is fending off the mass of evil black clouds that threaten to crush it from above. e.g.

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SniperD Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Behind the viewfinder... Posts: 5,954	Re: 2006 thanks Zaren can see that you are seeing very differently than when you first began. I wanted to try that crop initially but that would be falling back to my old style besides, it's really about showing the scene than isolating the meaning (maybe too strong of a statement to be made) of the shot to the a/m crop but thanks for showing me a different angle to the scene! __________________ EYE-DEAS Last edited by SniperD; 5th January 2006 at 03:41 AM.

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AReality Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 4,390	Re: 2006 it still doesn't convey it's 2006. __________________ . The Visual Journalist

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arttl Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Planet PJ Posts: 1,349	Re: 2006 Very Ron-style!! __________________ WWW.JONYEAP.COM

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w.s Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 762	Re: 2006 nice@ start 2006 with a face smiling in the clouds must be a good sign!

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kernel Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 107	Re: 2006 wow, there's indeed a smiley face in the cloud. Perhaps you can boost the contrast more to show it. anyway, i like it. indeed it is very your style.

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zaren Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 7,689	Re: 2006 wow! i can see it now! forget about cropping the pic!

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SniperD Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Behind the viewfinder... Posts: 5,954	Re: 2006 hmmm.... __________________ EYE-DEAS

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eadwine Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: east side Posts: 1,954	Re: 2006 i agree...its very Ron haha. took me awhile to see the face. nice one there man, have got to take my camera out for a walk to get away from the other stuff haha.

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SniperD Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Behind the viewfinder... Posts: 5,954	Re: 2006 Angel in the clouds? thanks man... ahhh, give me a call on Friday afternoon.. meet U in town if you want, should be going KT __________________ EYE-DEAS

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ernie_ng81 Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 343	Re: 2006 Hey Ron! hows it going? I feel like I see a swan in your clouds.